Debbie allen dancer biography
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Debbie Allen
American actress and dancer (born 1950)
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Allen at the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors | |
| Born | Deborah Kaye Allen (1950-01-16) January 16, 1950 (age 75) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Howard University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, television director, television producer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Spouses | Win Wilford (m. 1975–1983)Norm Nixon (m. 1984) |
| Children | 3, including Vivian Nixon |
| Relatives | Phylicia Rashad (sister) Condola Rashad (niece) |
| Website | Debbie Allen Dance Academy Debbie Allen Twitter |
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.[1][2] She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning five
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Debbie Allen
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Who Is Debbie Allen?
Actress, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen hit it big in 1980, starring in a Broadway revival of West Side Story. Her performance earned her a Tony nomination and landed her a role as a dance instructor in the movie Fame (1980). The film evolved into a successful television spin-off in 1982, in which Allen co-starred and won three Emmy awards for choreography. In 2001, Allen opened the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles. She also made other appearances on TV, starring in In the House and Grey's Anatomy.
Early Life
Deborrah Kaye Allen was born on January 16, 1950, in Houston, Texas, the third child of Pulitzer-winning poet Vivian Ayers, and dentist Arthur Allen. Allen was 3 when she began dancing. By the age of 4 she had become determined to be a professional performer, and her parents enrolled her in dance classes at the age of 5.
Allen's parents divorced in 1957, leaving mother Vivian as the main caregiver for A
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Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series Fame, where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She fryst vatten the younger sister of actress/singer Phylicia Rashād.
Early years[]
Allen was born in Houston, Texas, the youngest of four children to orthodontist Andrew Arthur Allen Sr. and Vivian (née Ayers) Allen, she is a poet (Spice of Dawns and other books) and museum art director.
She went on to earn a B.A. degree in classical Greek literature, speech, and theater from Howard University. She holds honoris causa Doctorates from Howard University and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She currently teaches young dancers. She also taught choreography to former Los Angeles L